Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 2

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 10

EQUIPPING PASTORS WORLDWIDE LTD

EPW provides reformed Christian literature and training for individual pastors and bible teachers in the majority world who lack resources and/or who have had little formal theological training. The charity also augments seminary libraries. We operate mainly in Africa and Asia but also work in Latin America and Eastern Europe.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£485	£343	£142	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	36
31/03/22		£270	£255	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	26
31/03/21		£201	£149	£52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/20		£142	£174	£-32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/19		£178	£139	£39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/18		£97	£102	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£79	£109	£-31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£146	£126	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£114	£121	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£107	£118	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£144	£114	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£78	£75	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£44	£39	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£32	£30	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 15 years
(18 years as a company)

www.epworldwide.org

info@epworldwideworldwide.org

02089493650

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Other Charitable Purposes
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Christian religious associations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides other finance
Provides services

Where it operates

Burma, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Pakistan, Romania, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Ukraine, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
36 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	20/05/2022	Christian Books Worldwide: UK Logistics
The Bishop Radford Trust - Grant to Christian Books Worldwide
£2,000	29/04/2022	Equipping pastors across the world, many of whom work in extremely difficult circumstances, to access the resources they need to teach the Bible faithfully.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 33-77

REV MAYBIN KABWE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Church Pastor

ELEANOR TROTTER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Commissioning Editor And Editorial Consultant

JONATHAN NIGEL PHILIP POUNTNEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Management Consultant

OLAWALE AKINROGUNDE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Pastor, Other trusteeships: WORLD TEAM (UK), GRACE SUSTAINS AFRICA,

RICHARD GRAY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor

STEFAN PAUL CANTORE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: University Lecturer

CHRISTOPHER EMBLETON-SMITH Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: THE CHESHAM ECUMENICAL ASSOCIATION, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT CHESHAM,

REV ROBIN JOHN ASGHER Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Minister Of Religion

REV KENNETH GORDON BROWNELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: CHRISTIAN HERITAGE LONDON, RIDLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/01/2009, number: 1127503
Registered at Companies House on 14/03/2006, number: 05741613

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

14 returns made; AR10: 25 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from PASTOR TRAINING INTERNATIONAL on 18/12/2023

Main office

Equipping Pastors Worldwide
Until 41
Berkeley House
Hunts Ri

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PUBLISHING, SELLING AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIAN LITERATURE AND OTHER RELIGIOUS ARTICLES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED, IN PRACTICE

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